Zechariah 4:12

And I answered again, and said to him: What are the two olive branches, that are by the two golden beaks, in which are the funnels of gold?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

In Context

11And I answered, and said to him: What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick, and upon the left side thereof?

13And he spoke to me, saying: Knowest thou not what these are? And I said: No, my lord.

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Cross References

Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:

Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks, that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:12-14

The Vision of the Olive-Trees. ( b. c. 520.) 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.… Read the whole commentary →

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